Practice newsletter – April 2025
New appointment system from 1st of July 2025
Please see our post about our new appointment system from 1st of July Changes to appointment system
Blood Donation
Aged 17 to 65? Generally fit and well? Weigh more than 7st 12lbs (50kg) and less than 25st (158kg)? You could help by donating blood as stocks are critically low. If you’re able to donate, see if you can find an appointment here: Blood donation
Vaccinations
If you’re turning 65, or are aged 70-79, or are 50 and over, with a weakened immune system, you’re likely to be eligible for a free shingles vaccination. Shingles is an unpleasant illness that can have serious complications, and vaccination improves outcomes and reduces the severity of any outbreak.
If you have children, they receive free vaccination against common, vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccination helps prevent serious outcomes for children who catch illnesses such as meningitis, mumps, German measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Serious complications can include:
- Blindness
- Encephalitis (an infection that causes the brain to swell)
- Epiglottitis
- Meningitis
- Deafness
- Severe diarrhoea and related dehydration
- Ear infections
- Severe respiratory infections such as pneumonia
- Paralysis
- Death
Stress Awareness Month (#LeadWithLove)
The focus of Stress Awareness Month is ‘Lead with Love’. The central idea of this focus is that we’re ensuring that we approach others with kindness, compassion and from a place of support. This helps to reduce stress in others.
It’s also important to make sure we meet ourselves with kindness, care and compassion.
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Each year in the UK, 2,400 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer. Testicular cancer is most likely to occur between the ages of 25 and 40. Symptoms of testicular cancer include a lump or swelling in a testicle, and pain, heaviness or a dull ache in the scrotum.
Testicular cancer
